Ideal News wins 2nd Blossom Leg
April 13, 2005,from Meadowlands Media Relations
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – April 13, 2005 – Ideal News [$5.60, $3.20, $2.20] posted her second straight win, capturing the $22,500 Blossom, the third race on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands.
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John Campbell guided Ideal News to a half-length tally over I’m All In in the second leg of the Blossom Series.
John Campbell guided the daughter of Western Ideal to a half-length tally over I’m All In [$6.80, $3.20] in the second leg of the three-week series for three-year-old pacing fillies. Righteous Renee [$2.20], the even-money favorite, faded to third, a length back. The time of the mile was 1:53.4.
Ideal News now has two wins and a second in three starts this year. Last year, at two, she was winless, with one second and two thirds in five starts. The Joe Holloway trainee races for Brittany Farms of Versailles, Kentucky and Val D’Or Farms of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey.
The $64,850 Blossom Final is next Wednesday night at the Meadowlands.
- Ideal News takes Blossom Series opener (Wednesday, April 6, 2005)
Ideal News fired off cover in the stretch and drew off to victory in the $22,500 first round of the three-week Blossom Series for three-year-old pacing fillies on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands.
- Ideal News completes Blossom Series sweep (Wednesday, April 20, 2005)
Ideal News overcame an early breakaway by Righteous Renee and I’m All In to complete her series sweep in the $64,850 Blossom Final on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands.